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Southern Capital Cup
The Almaty Cup is a tennis tournament held in Almaty, Kazakhstan since 2007. The event was part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour and was played on clay court A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Clay courts are made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate depending on the tournament. ...s until its final edition in 2009, which was on outdoor hard courts. There were two editions in 2007. Past finals Singles Doubles External links ITF Search {{ATP Challenger Tour ATP Challenger Tour Hard court tennis tournaments Tennis tournaments in Kazakhstan Sports competitions in Almaty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almaty
Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an Kazakh Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, autonomous republic as part of the Soviet Union, then from 1936 to 1991 as a Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, union republic and finally from 1991 as an independent state to 1997 when the government relocated the capital to Astana, Akmola (renamed Astana in 1998, Nur-Sultan in 2019, and back to Astana in 2022). Almaty is still the major commercial, financial, and cultural centre of Kazakhstan, as well as its most populous and most cosmopolitan city. The city is located in the mountainous area of southern Kazakhstan near the border with Kyrgyzstan in the foothills of the Trans-Ili Alatau at an elevation of 700–900 m (2,300–3,000 feet), where the Large and Small Almatinka rivers r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Brands
Daniel Brands (born 17 July 1987) is a German retired professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 51, achieved in August 2013. Professional career 2008 Brands began 2008 ranked No. 220. After a few unimpressive tournaments to start the year, he beat no. 132 Aisam Qureshi and no. 193 Simon Stadler en route to a semifinal Challenger finish in Germany in February. In March, he made the quarters of a Challenger in Japan before losing to no. 124 Yen-Hsun Lu, then reached the quarters of a Challenger in Sarajevo, beating no. 169 Matthias Bachinger. In May, Brands reached the quarterfinals at two more Challengers, beating no. 66 Michael Berrer and no. 114 Brian Dabul, while also winning the doubles title in one and reaching the doubles final in the other. Then, with his ranking at a career-high of no. 210, he beat no. 123 Nicolás Massú, no. 151 Pablo Andújar (who beat him a week earlier), and no. 198 Alex Bogomolov to qualify into the main draw of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hard Court Tennis Tournaments
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Almaty Cup
The Almaty Cup is a tennis tournament held in Almaty, Kazakhstan since 2007. The event was part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour and was played on clay court A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Clay courts are made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate depending on the tournament. ...s until its final edition in 2009, which was on outdoor hard courts. There were two editions in 2007. Past finals Singles Doubles External links ITF Search {{ATP Challenger Tour ATP Challenger Tour Hard court tennis tournaments Tennis tournaments in Kazakhstan Sports competitions in Almaty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Dodig
Ivan Dodig (; born 2 January 1985) is a Croatian professional tennis player who primarily specialises in doubles. He is a six-time Grand Slam champion, having won men's doubles titles at the 2015 French Open with Marcelo Melo, and the 2021 Australian Open with Filip Polášek. In mixed doubles, Dodig won the 2018 and 2019 French Opens and 2019 Wimbledon Championships, all alongside Latisha Chan, and the 2022 Australian Open partnering Kristina Mladenovic. He also finished runner-up at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships in men's doubles, and the 2016 French Open and 2017 Australian Open in mixed. Dodig has won 18 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including five at Masters 1000 level, and also finished runner-up at the 2014 ATP World Tour Finals. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 in June 2015. In singles, Dodig achieved his highest ranking of world No. 29 in October 2013, and won his first ATP title at the 2011 Zagreb Indoors. His best Grand Slam singes res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamil Čapkovič
Kamil Čapkovič (; born 2 June 1986) is a professional Slovak tennis player. He was born in Michalovce, Slovak Republic Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s .... Career Čapkovič has spent most of his time on the Futures and Challenger circuits, where he has won several Futures titles. Singles Titles References External links * * 1986 births Living people Slovak male tennis players People from Michalovce Sportspeople from the Košice Region {{Slovakia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Kudryavtsev
Alexander Mikhailovich Kudryavtsev (russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Кудря́вцев; born 26 October 1985) is a retired Russian professional tennis player who has played professionally since 2003. He made his breakthrough in 2008, playing in his first top-level international tournaments on the ATP tour, having spent time playing at the ATP Challenger Tour and Futures events. He reached his career-high singles ranking of 117 on 2 February 2015 and career-high doubles ranking of 70 on 7 November 2011. Professional career Early career Kudryavtsev reached the quarter-finals in a futures event in Bucharest in 2003. In 2004 he advanced to the second round in three futures events, and won a doubles challenger title. In 2005 he was a semi-finalist in a Beijing futures tournament, and reached the quarterfinals in Korolev (Russia) and Minsk (Belarus). In 2006 he became a finalist for the first time in Uzbekistan, as well as reaching the semi-finals once and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florin Mergea
Florin Mergea (; born 26 January 1985) is a Romanian tennis player and a doubles specialist. He has reached the final of the ATP World Tour Finals in 2015 and won an ATP Masters title at the Mutua Madrid Open earlier that year. He achieved a career-high ATP ranking of World No. 7 in doubles (July 2015) and World No. 243 in singles (May 2005). Coaching His current doubles partner is fellow Romanian Adrian Barbu. Florin Mergea is presently coached by Alex Pop-Moldovan and managed by the McCartney Group, Vienna. Tennis career Juniors As a junior Mergea compiled a singles win–loss record of 87–33, reaching as high as No. 2 in the world in July 2003 (and No. 1 in doubles). Along the way, he beat future top ten singles players like Andy Murray, Tomas Berdych, Gaël Monfils and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. As well as winning the Boys' Singles at Wimbledon in 2003 and being runner-up in the Boys' Singles tournament at the 2003 Australian Open, he won the Boys' Doubles in 2002 alongsid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teodor-Dacian Crăciun
Teodor-Dacian Crăciun (born June 6, 1980) is a Romanian tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ... player. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 218 in March 2007. Crăciun plays with both one-handed and two-handed backhands depending on the shot. He usually rallies with two hands and hits angles/passing shots with one hand. ATP Challenger Tour finals Singles finals: 1 (0–1) Doubles finals: 4 (1–3) References External links * * 1980 births Living people Romanian male tennis players 21st-century Romanian people {{Romania-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syrym Abdukhalikov
Syrym Abdukhalikov (born 7 August 1987) is a Kazakhstani former professional tennis player. A native of Almaty, Abdukhalikov represented the Kazakhstan Davis Cup team in 2007 and 2008, featuring in four ties, for singles wins over Yu Xinyuan (China), Weerapat Doakmaiklee (Thailand) and Patrick John Tierro (Philippines). After reaching his career high singles ranking of 544 in the world in 2009, he left the tour to study in the United States and played collegiate tennis for Tennessee Tech, debuting for the Golden Eagles in 2011. Abdukhalikov won four ITF Futures The ITF World Tennis Tour (formerly known as the ''ITF Men's World Tennis Tour'', and previously ''ITF Men's Circuit'') is a series of professional tennis tournaments held around the world that are organized by the International Tennis Federation. ... titles, two in singles and two in doubles. ITF Futures titles Singles: (2) Doubles: (2) See also * List of Kazakhstan Davis Cup team representatives References Ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy
Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy (born 17 June 1987) is a former professional tennis player from Russia. Biography Krasnoroutskiy was born in the Crimean city of Kerch, the younger brother of Lina Krasnoroutskaya, who played professionally on the women's circuit. He was coached by his father Vladimir. As a junior he was ranked in the world's top 100 and made the round of 16 in the boys' singles at the 2005 French Open. While at college he represented Russia at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, where he won silver medals in both the men's and mixed doubles events, with Pavel Chekhov and Alisa Kleybanova respectively. His professional career was mostly as a doubles player, he was ranked as high as 156 in the format and won a total of five doubles titles on the Challenger tour. Krasnoroutskiy has worked as the hitting partner for several Russian players including Svetlana Kuznetsova and Ekaterina Makarova Ekaterina Valeryevna Makarova ( rus, Екатери́на Вале́р ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexey Kedryuk
Alexey Kedryuk (born 8 August 1980) is a professional Kazakhstani tennis player. Kedryuk reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour The ATP Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for men organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals. The second-tier tour is the ATP Challenger Tour and the third-tier is the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour. The equivalent women's organis ... on August 28, 2006, when he became World number 261. Kedryuk has been a member of the Kazakhstani Davis Cup team since 1995, posting a 43–17 record in singles and a 23–17 record in doubles in 51 ties. Doubles: 6 References * * * 1980 births Living people Kazakhstani male tennis players Sportspeople from Almaty 21st-century Kazakhstani people {{Kazakhstan-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
